“There is no escape from determinism’s epistemological dilemma. A mind that is not free to test and validate its conclusions, a mind whose judgement is not free, can have no way to tell the logical from the illogical, no way to ascertain that which compels and motivates it, no right to claim knowledge of any kind. Such a mind is disqualified for such appraisals by its very nature. The very concept of logic is possible only to a volitional consciousness, an automatic consciousness could have no need of it and could not conceive of it.” - Nathaniel Branden (1968)